"In 2009 when I made the decision to restart my musical group, Swans, I had no idea where it would lead. I knew that if I took the road of mining the past or revisiting the catalog, that it would be fruitless and stultifying. After much thought about how to make this an adventure that would instead...

This 3 CD expanded re-issue package constitutes a definitive picture of Swans in the years 1982 - 1983/4. Includes: Disc one feature the Swans' original debut LP Filth from 1983, with the line up of M. Gira, Norman Westberg, Roli Mosimann, Harry Crosby, and Jonathan Kane. Also features versions of '...

2012 double CD release from the Post-Punk legends led by Michael Gira. At nearly two hours, the Seer is over twice as long as it's predecessor, 2010's My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky. The album features vocals from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs vocalist Karen O, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of L...

Young God Records is delighted to announce the release of a new album, TO BE KIND, from the Swans. A good portion of the material for this album was developed live during the Swans tours of 2012/13. Much of the music was otherwise conjured in the studio environment. Special Guests include: Little An...

Digitally remastered and expanded three CD edition. Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) was Swans last studio album prior to their 2010 reformation. This set features a repackage of the original digipak for the 1996 Atavistic release plus a bonus disc of the contemporaneous Die Tür Ist Zu EP (a German...

A reissue of the twelfth remarkable album from gentleman MICHAEL GIRA's legendary SWANS. A seventeen-track majestic symphony of haunting melodies and shifting moods featuring some of Gira and partner JARBOE's most haunting and ethereal vocal work. Dissonant, dulcet and dangerous, The Great Annihilat...

2010 album from the veteran Alt-Rock outfit. After years of pursuing a lightly different path with his band Angels of Light and recording and producing a diverse roster of artists for his Young God label, Michael Gira has reconvened his legendary group Swans. As he says: 'This is not a reunion. It's...

Children of God explores the life of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal - on the sacred grounds of a Hindu temple in Katmandu - an area forgotten and ignored by the world, but considered the holiest and most sacred to the Nepalese people. The children are undeterred by the dail...